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Editors Note: This post contains language that may be sensitive to some readers. Please be advised. On July 1, 2013, CNN aired a special hosted by Don Lemon called “The N Word”. In a very race conscious time, 13 days before controversial verdict of the Trayvon Martin case and after Paula Deen admitted to using … Continue reading →

Originally posted on TED Blog: Mellody Hobson. Photo: James Duncan Davidson In 2006 Harold Ford called his friend Mellody Hobson, saying that he was running for US Senate in Tennessee, and he need some national press. Hobson, an investor, opens her talk with this story. She called a friend at a major media organization who…

I love to read about blackness, what it means to be black, anything that challenges my mind and my perspectives. I bought a book a couple months ago and have been reading it here and there yet every time I pick it up, I have to force myself to put it down. I wish I … Continue reading →

My grandmother was diagnosed with advanced dementia, a form of Alzheimers. On Sunday, March 16, 2014 I went to visit her and my grandfather with my mom and sister. It was a random visit because we were out and about that day and decided to stop by on our way home. Lo and behold, my … Continue reading →